Marn Equipaments d'Ostal by C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award d'Argent in Ustensilis de Cosina Competition Category.
ArgentUstensilis de Cosina· 2018
Marn Equipaments d'Ostal
by C.H Chang, H.A Chang, Y.Q Luo and S.C Huang
Client: Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department
A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Ustensilis de Cosina Category
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The Design
About Marn Equipaments d'Ostal
En prenant inspiracion dels snacs festius de la cultura tradicionala de Tainan (una vila anciana de Taiwan plena de patrimòni cultural), en los transformant en un ensemble d'equipaments d'ostal, aquesta seria de snacs festius, totjorn coneguda pels locals coma "Marn", que significa plenitud dins la cultura chinesa; galatièr de ris en forma de tartuga coma sabon per las mans e sabonièr, galatièr de mongetas verdes coma articles de toaleta, boletas doças tang yuan coma crèma per las mans e panèt cuit a la vapor e galatièr de sucre brun de Tainan coma servici de tè. L'eratge cultural de Tainan poiriá èsser difusat al monde entièr perque l'ostal es una bona platafòrma per promòure la cultura locala.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award d'Argent
Marn Equipaments d'Ostal a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent, una reconeissença extraordinàriament prestigiosa acordada a de designs d'ort de gamma, esplendids e impressionants. Los ganhaires de l'Argent son d'òbras terriblament brilhantas e extrèmament creativas que illustran l'experiéncia, lo talent e la finessa excepcionals de lors designers. S'espèra que Marn Equipaments d'Ostal siá una òbra meravilhosa e de referéncia, notablament professionala e prigondament innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent es una invencion fòrça notabla e admirada, que fa un ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Marn Equipaments d'Ostal es una creacion immensament envejada que desrevelha de desirs, aduch de sentiments positius e fa néisser l'estonament e l'esmaiment.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Marn, pronunciation in mandarin means fulfillment in Chinese culture. The design was inspired by cultural heritage related to Tainan traditional local snacks and foods. Wishing to preserve the culture and widespread to the world by transforming the famous local festive snacks into hotel amenities, like; turtle-shaped rice cake into hand soap & soap dish, mung bean cake into toiletries, tang yuan sweet dumpling into hand cream and steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake into tea set. All were hand crafted in ceramic which looks identical to the festive snacks.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Turtle-shaped rice cake / hand soap & soap dish L120mm x W60mm x H16mm
Mung bean cake / toiletries L200mm x W80mm x H10mm
Tang Yuan sweet dumpling / Hand cream L100mm x W100mm x H23mm
Steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake / tea set L300mm x W300mm x H55mm - Tags
- Hotel amenities, Daily necessities, Gift, Ceramics, Cultural Hotel
- Production Technology
- All were handcrafted.
Material used is white ceramic. - Design Challenge
- Most of the hotel amenities typically the same, the most challenging issue in this project is to design a set of amenities derived from local culture festive snacks for The Place, a design hotel brand of Royal Hotels & Resorts, that sets to connect with local cultures of Tainan. Handcrafted pottery, kiln formation and have to be identical to the festive snacks is the hardest part. The team managed to create the products lifelike the real snacks.
- Research
- Type of Research: Hotel amenities with local culture image
Research Objectives: To preserve and to propagate culture heritage of Tainan festive snacks from local to global.
Methodology: culture study and morphological analysis, Image Scale.
Data Collections: Market Survey, Target User Analysis.
Research Tools: Solidworks, Sketch-Up, 3D Printing.
Production Method: pinching pottery, glazing, kiln formation. - Inspiration
- Having inspiration from the festive snacks of traditional Tainan culture, an old city in Taiwan full with cultural heritage; turtle-shaped rice cake, mung bean cake, tang yuan sweet dumpling and steamed bun & Tainan brown sugar bun cake, transforming the snacks image into a set of hotel amenities, Tainan culture heritage could be spread to the whole world as the hotel is a nice platform to promote local culture.
- Project Duration
- This project started in Sept 2017 in Tainan, estimate to finish in March 2018, having its first appearance in Taiwan Young Designers' Exhibition (YODEX) in May 2018.
- Operation Flow
- Since the set of hotel amenities lifelike the festive snacks, travelers will find them very interesting when checking into the room, eventually they will look for each of the item connected to the cultures behind it. The cultural hotel served as the platform to communicate with travelers from everywhere, allowing them to learn and to feel the culture heritage of Tainan in an interesting way during their stay, could be better appreciated and shared amongst travelers.
- Patents
- patent pending
- Team Members
- Instructor: ChungSheng Chen
Designer:ChuanHsuan Chang
Designer:HsinAn Chang
Designer:YuQing Luo
Designer:SinCih Huang
Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department - Image Credits
- Wei-Che Chiang
Tainan University of Technology/Product Design Department
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